Hi, The bird is a Streaked Weaver (Ploceus manyar) as the black on its face extends right around his neck. In Baya Weaver the black patch is present only on the face and not behind the neck.
Cheers, Pranad Patil On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 12:11 AM, sibdas <[email protected]> wrote: > > and the bird is a Baya- Ploceus phillippinus- a male one. Beautiful > shot > > On May 18, 8:26 pm, Pankaj Oudhia <[email protected]> wrote: > > Some useful links related to uses of Typha. > > > > http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&safe=off&num=100&q=site%3Awww.bo... > > > > http://ecoport.org/ep?SearchType=earticleList&Author=oudhia&Text=typha > > > > [Simply ignore 'Sign in' key in Ecoport. It is for editors only, not for > > visitors.] > > > > Pankaj Oudhia > > > > http://knol.google.com/k/pankaj-oudhia/pankaj-oudhia/3nerdtj3s9l79/1# > > > > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Suresh C. Sharma <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > *Typha angustata* > > > Hindi: Patera > > > > > A male Streaked Weaver is perched on the fruit of this plant. This bird > > > nests on it. > > > Sonepat, Haryana, 17 May 09. > > > > > Stand to be corrected about the plant ID. Link: > > >http://aoki2.si.gunma-u.ac.jp/BotanicalGarden/HTMLs/hime-gama.html > > > > > Regards, > > > Suresh C. Sharma- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
